To earth or not to earth, that is the question

[francisdouse]

I don't think they should find earth, it should be something they try for but never find, if they do it should be either long wiped out - the planet itself is gone - leaving just a debis field or the final shot is a distant view of Earth without a chronological reference.

I think bringing it into contemporary society poses too many awkward questions and will undo credibility of the show. Galactica 1980... brr... Gods forbid the UN scenario with a US president taking the limelight! I'd destroy my collection in rage.

The same problems arise with a past earth and becomes tacky if they encounter a future earth. (They meet a Starfleet vessel en-route - eeek!) It should remain *the* unanswered question, I see no point in answering it. I don't know whether there will be a series 2 yet but if they do, they should probably leave it at that and not drag it on or cheap-ify the show by finding earth.

Sometimes the questions are more interesting than the answers.

[Cosmic Superchunk]

Part of me would like to see them reach earth, but another part of me doesn't for the sake of the series. I mean, I can't stop thinking of how aweful Galactica 1980 was. Still, I have to admit that is is fun trying to speculate what would the Colonials find if they ever did reach earth. What if Earth had been infiltrated by Cylons?

[ladyrheena]

pudge said:

If they finally do reach Earth, I think it would be a good twist if they come across a society which is as technologically advanced but has embraced aftifical intelligence and not gone to war with it.

Oh yes! Best idea yet IMHO. I can just picture the look on the old man's face...

[antelope]

Here's my ending to the series:

The fleet finally reaches Earth as revealed from info that is gained from Kobol. As they prepare to send out a Raptor to check out Earth the Cylons suddenly appear. We learn from a cylon that humanity will be destroyed and the entire cylon civilization is there to see it happen.

A cataclysmic battle ensues. We see the battle from the point of view of Lee Adama in his viper and a female cylon in a cylon craft. We see the civilian ships all being destroyed. When all seems lost we see a gigantic explosion across the cosmos. The Galactica, the Basestars, everything is destroyed, except for Lee Adama in a now crippled viper and a lone female cylon in a nearly destroyed craft.

Both descend to Earth and crash near each other in a beautiful area that is green and filled with fruits of all kinds. There are no people on Earth.

Lee walks with his weapon drawn toward the cylon ship. The stunned female cylon comes out of her destroyed craft. She looks at Lee and says "I can't hear them. We are no more." She starts to cry.

Lee puts his weapon down and says, "They are all dead. We are the last of our kind."

The female cylon stops crying, looks at Lee and says, "No, we are the first of our kind."

Lee says, "What is your name?"

She says, "I am model number three."

Lee looks at her and says, "I need to call you by a name not number. Let's see, three, Eve. How about Eve?"

The cylon says, "Eve is a pretty name."

With that the scene cuts away with the knowledge that Lee Adama and Eve are alone on a beautiful new world called Earth.

[francisdouse]

LOL!

Naaa, I don't like that either ;-)

[OoohFrac]

If they find Earth, it should be just be an image of the planet Earth coming around the moon (like in the famous Earthrise picture from Apollo 8) in the last frame of the last episode/movie, then fade to black.